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Joseph Ernst Seppelt (1813 - 29 January 1868) was a Prussian merchant who migrated to South Australia in 1849, and in 1851 settled in the Barossa Valley where he established Seppeltsfield, South Australia and the Seppelt winery. ==Life== (詳細はPrussia, now known as Walim in Lower Silesia, Poland. After an education in music and arts, Seppelt toured Germany and Italy learning the aspects of tobacco, snuff and liqueur production in order to continue the family business. In 1849, when business declined due to political and economic unrest, he migrated to Australia from Silesia with his wife, Johanna Charlotte, and their three children — Oscar, Hugo and Ottilie.〔Jaki Ilbery (1976) (Seppelt, Joseph Ernest (1813–1868) ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 6, (MUP), accessed 16 June 2013.〕 Through an agent in London, Seppelt managed to buy land in Adelaide, South Australia. After realising his tobacco was not growing, he moved to the Barossa Valley region in 1851 and purchased 158 acres which he named Seppeltsfield. Here he grew wheat, farmed dairy cattle, and planted vines. He made his first wine in 1867 in his wife's small dairy. His wine-making business expanded and he managed to sell a lot of his wine to buyers along the Murray River where it was transported via paddle steamer. On 29 January 1868, he died suddenly of delirium tremens and was buried at Greenock, South Australia.〔 He was survived by his wife and three children. After his death, his son Benno (Oscar Benno Pedro Seppelt (1845–1931)〔Jaki Ilbery (1976) (Seppelt, Oscar Benno Pedro (1845–1931) ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 6, (MUP), accessed 16 June 2013.〕) became manager and subsequently owner of the winery, and established B Seppelt & Sons Ltd in 1902. On Benno's retirement in 1916, his son Oscar (Oscar Benno Seppelt (1873–1963)〔M. J. Emery (2002) (Seppelt, Oscar Benno (1873–1963) ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 16, (MUP), accessed 16 June 2013.〕) became Managing Director. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Ernst Seppelt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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